Glove.



R.; N. CARSON & G. E. THOMPSON.

GLOVE. APPLICATIQN FILED JULY 1, 1916,.

Patented Aug; 28, 1917.

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GLOVE.

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GLOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 28, 1 917.

Application filed July 1, 1916. Serial No. 107,104.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT N. CARSON, residing at the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, and GUs'rAvUs E. THOMPSON, residing at Oakland, county of Alameda, State of California, both citizens of the United States, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gloves, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in the construction of gloves, and it consists in the formation of a two-piece glove in which the palm member is extended to pass around between the thumb and fore-finger and around the fore finger to unite with that ortion of the palm member which extends etween the first and second fingers, and the two unite in a single seam at the hack of the fore finger. The back part of the finger is cut to form a curved, diagonal, or angular seam with the part forming the back of the glove, between the first and second joints of the fore finger.

It also comprises details of construction, which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of the back of a glove.

Fig. 2 is a view of the pattern for the back.

Fig. 3 is a View of the palm and fore finger member.

Fig. 4 is a View of the thumb back.

Fig. 5 is a View of the uniting seam.

Figs. 6 and 7 are views of independent fronts for the second and third fingers.

The wear and strain upon gloves, falls most heavily upon the palm, and that portion between the thumb and the fore finger, and the life and service of a glove are greatly increased by using the heaviest and best material. The increasing cost of leather however, makes it inexpedient to make the whole glove of equally heavy expensive material; therefore we have designed such a construction that the more valuable leather is used to form the palm and the first finger and intermediate parts which are subjected to the greatest wear.

To this end we cut the palm and back, from different qualities of leather.

The palm portion A of the glove includes the front 2 of the little finger and 1 of the first finger, and it also extends around the first or index finger so as to entirely inclo'se that finger, above the knuckle joint 7 as shown at 5, Fig. 1. A slit is made at S, and the part 3 thus separated, is turned up to form the inner front member of the thumb, when the glove is completed. The palm portion A has slits 6 cut at the junction with the parts 2 and i of Fig. 8, so that these parts may be extended hacl" between the fingers to unite with the backs and com plete those fingers.

The extension which forms the back of the index finger, above the knuckle joint 7, is wide enough below that joint to extend down to the rear of the front edge of that finger, so as to be stitched to the back to form the seam 9, thus carrying all that portion between the index finger and thumb to the rear and enabling the heavier leather to be used at this point.

The back pattern B is cut to include the second, third and fourth fingers, and the fronts are wide enough, as before stated, to extend back between the fingers and unite to form seams 7 entirely at the rear and free of wearing contact. That portion of the back pattern P which is in line with the fore finger extends up only to the back of the knuckle joint, as at 7, when it and the extension 5 of the palm portion are stitched together, as shown in Fig. 1. 10 and 11 are patterns to complete the fronts of the sec ond and third fingers, being united to the base slits 6, and the edges carried back between the fingers and stitched to the back member. The back 3 of the thumb is formed with a curved upper portion and with converged edges extending from the base of the curved upper portion down to the wrist. The upper portion is united to the rear edges of the thumb front, and the lower convergent edges are stitched bet-ween the contiguous edges of the front and back, body members, thus completing the glove with materials which may be of different wearing qualities and cost.

Having thus described our invention what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. A glove including a back member having the index finger cut off at the knuckle joint and the adjacent edge of said member extending straight therefrom, and a palm member having an extension for inclosing the index finger and secured to the straight edge of the back member by a seam extending longitudinally of the index finger and along the back of the hand.

2. The combination in a glove, of a back member, a front palm member having an extension to surround the index finger to complete said finger above the knuckle joint, and extending down from said joint and united to the back member from said knuckle joint to a point behind the thumb knuckle joint in a seam extending longitudinally of the index finger.

3. A glove including a back member having the index finger cut off at the knuckle joint and the adjacent edge of said. member extending straight therefrom, a palm member having an extension for inclosing the index finger and a thumb part extending oppositely from the index finger extension alongside the straight edge of the back member for being turned up on a transverse line to form a continuous thumb front, said palm member being secured to the back member from the knuckle joint to the base of the thumb front, and a supplemental thumb part secured between the back and palm members.

4. A glove including a front, palm member having an extension adapted to inclose the index finger, a slit forming a detached portion extending oppositely from the index finger extension and adapted to be turned up to form a continuous thumb front, said extension being carried to the rear of the thumb, a back member to which the lower part of the extension is joined the back member and the extension being united transversely contiguous to the knuckle joint of the index finger, and an independent member stitched between the edges of the thumb front and convergently stitched from the base of the thumb to the wrist between the front and back members.

5. A glove including a back member having finger backs extending therefrom with the index finger back cut off at the knuckle joint and terminating in a transversely curved edge, and a palm member, each member having straight side edges extending in the line of the finger backs, the palm member having a slit extending from its lower edge and defining a thumb front with the straight side edge, the latter being provided with an edge extension leading upwardly from a point adjacent the inner end of the thumb slit for overlapping and being secured to the straight side edge and the transversely curved edge of the index finger back.

'6. A love including a palm member having a straight side edge and an overhanging index finger part, the lower edge slotted to define with the straight side edge of the member, a thumb front extending in a direction opposite to that of the finger part,

said straight side edge having an extension leading upwardly to the index finger part from the inner end of the thumb slot, and a back member secured to the extension of the side edge of the palm member above the thumb front.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in' the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT N. CARSON. GUSTAVUS E. THOMPSON. lVitnesses W. W. HEALEY, JOHN H. HERRING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Tate its,

Washington, D. O. 

